Immunogenetics of the NKG2D ligand gene family

Immunogenetics

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 855-867

  Kasahara, Masanori ^a   Yoshida, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; MHC class I like genes; MIC; MILL; NKG2D ligands; ULBP

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS 1 LIKE LOCATED NEAR THE LEUKOCYTE RECEPTOR COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; UL16 BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATTLE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; PRIMATES; RATS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872073644     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0638-9     Document Type: Review

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